Comment Comment by redis_mlc > markets have done a better job of feeding people than any centralized planning system has.I wish HN would take their ECON101 lesson and shove it.All functioning governments susbsidize local farmers.The US pays farmers to produce milk and corn, amongst other things. The extra milk is often stockpiled as 5 pound cheese bricks. I've seen them.There is no "free markets with only comparative advantage" for food.How's the free market in ventilators and PPE working out for you? Hope you don't queue behind the wrong person at the grocery store. parent redis_mlc 6 years ago
I wish HN would take their ECON101 lesson and shove it.
All functioning governments susbsidize local farmers.
The US pays farmers to produce milk and corn, amongst other things. The extra milk is often stockpiled as 5 pound cheese bricks. I've seen them.
There is no "free markets with only comparative advantage" for food.
How's the free market in ventilators and PPE working out for you? Hope you don't queue behind the wrong person at the grocery store.